Emil sutbo



UNITED ATENT Finch.

EMIL SUTRO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

STOCKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,831, dated March20, 1888.

Application tiled November 523, 1887. Serin1No.255,980. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL SUTRo, a citizen of the United States, residingat Brooklyn, New York, have invented certain Improvements in Stockings,or which the following is a specification.

The main object of my invention is to produce a stocking which in useshall eli'ectively prevent the dyed color from coming off onto theperson ot' the wearer; and this object I attain by making the stockingdouble and by knitting the portion of the tube to form the exterior ofthe stock ing ot' dyed yarn, as usual, while the portion ot the tube toform the interior or lining ofthe stocking is knitted of nndyed yarn.

In the acconlpanying drawings, Figure I-is a view of the knitted tubefrom which the leg and npperpart ofthe foot ofthe stocking is to bemade. Figs. 2 and 3 are views of stepsin the manufacture of thestocking. Fig. 4 is an enlargcd sectional View ofthe double tube. Fig. 5is a diagram ot' the doubled tube cut for the application ofthefoot-piece to it. Fig. 6 is a View of the nished stocking, and Fig. 7 isa View illustrating how the tubes may be knitted in continuous lengths.

In carrying out my invention I knit a tube, A, Fig. l, of the desireddyed yarn, and to a length sufficient to i'orxn the leg and upper partof the stocking. Ithen run in an undyed yarn and continue the knittinguntil a tube, A', of undyed yarn is formed equal in length to the tubeof dyed yarn. I then double, fold, or draw one tube inside the other,asindicated in Figs. 2 and 3. I prefer to draw the dyed tube inside theundyed one, as indicated in/the views, so as to have the double tubeinside out, for convenience in securing the foot thereto. This, however,is not material, and in the enlarged sectional view, Fig.

` foot-pieccB, Fig. 6.

4, I have shown the undyed tube as drawn into the dyed tube, or, inother words, reversed. The double tube is then cut, as indicated in Fig.4, for the attachment to it of the In carrying out this part ofthemethod of making the stocking I may make use of the improvements formingthe subject of Patent No. 365,671, dated June 28, 1887, or those formingthe subjects of an application l'or patent filed by E. G. Chester, June22, 1887, Serial No. 242,156.

I do not confine myself to any particular way ot'attaehing thefootepicce; but I prefer in all cases to l'orm the upper part of thefoot, as well the leg, double with the interior or lining of undyedyarn. The foot-piece also should be ot' undyed yarn, as indicated in theView of the finished stocking, Fig. G.

I do not wish to Confine myself to making the tubes in short lengths,each only sufiicient for a separate stocking. The tubes may be knittedin continuouslengths of dyed and undyed yarn alternately, as shown inFig. 7, and then cut, as at 0r, as will be readily understood.

I claim as my invention- 1. A knitted stocking having a double leg, ofwhich the interior fabric is ofundyed yarn and the exterior fabric ofdyed yarn.

2. A knitted stocking having the leg and upper part of the 'oot double,the interior fabric being of undyed yarn and the exterior fabric of dyedyarn.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence ottwo subscribing witnesses.

E. SUIRO.

Vitnesses:

W M. CHns'rER Wenns, HUBERT HowsoN.

